College graduates on average earn more than those without a four-year degree — but where you go to school may influence your earning potential. Young men (ages 25 to 34) earned a median annual income of $77,000 in 2023, compared with $45,000 for those in the same age group who only completed high school, Pew […]
In the week ahead, some colleges can begin building reduced-credit programs and maybe even expect more high school students to enroll right after graduation.
The national backlash against trans and nonbinary young people may have led fewer nonbinary students to disclose their gender identity in their applications to college for this fall. That is according to my analysis of how students who applied to college through the Common App identified their gender. The Common App is a good barometer […]
The Futures Initiative, a program under the office of the executive vice president, hosted a panel Thursday — titled "University Futures: A President's Panel" — between four university and college presidents. Moderated by President Jim Ryan, the panelists discussed the prospective futures of each of their institutions, with an emphasis on increasing interdisciplinary teaching opportunities […]
The new regulation covers financial responsibility, administrative capability, certification procedures and the ability to benefit. It's an effort to financially protect students and taxpayers from high-risk events and also significantly expand related party disclosures.
A new report released by State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli highlights the higher education sector's importance to New York's local economies and to the state's overall economic health. The state's 290 degree-granting, postsecondary institutions employed over 296,000 people, paying wages of around $26.5 billion in 2023, but the sector still has over 13,000 fewer jobs since […]
Liberal arts college leaders attending The Presidents Dinner in D.C. are tangled in a Catch-22 balancing First Amendment protections. But dialogue and learning to listen are seen as solutions.
A majority of graduates from Oklahoma's public universities and colleges stay and enter the state's workforce, contributing to its economy. According to the 2023 Employment Outcomes Report from the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, 87% of graduates were working and living in Oklahoma one year after graduation. Five years after graduation, 75% still remained […]
Higher education advocates in Latino communities say they are optimistic about a new federal effort to support hundreds of local colleges and universities. Hispanic-serving institutions, or HSIs, which are not-for-profit schools with a full-time equivalent undergraduate student enrollment that is at least a quarter Hispanic, are vital to the goals of equality in educational and […]
Colleges' success with name image and likeness has become a top tool to recruit new student athletes, said Taylor Jacobs, LSU Athletics associate athletic director for NIL and strategic initiatives. Why it matters: Student athletes have scored six- and seven-figure deals centered on their own personas since since name, image and likeness (NIL) rules changed. Driving the news: "Prior to NIL, […]
